Medscape HIV/AIDS Education (CME and Other Learning Activities)

Communication Strategies to Strengthen the Patient-Provider Relationship CME/CE How can providers increase routine HIV testing and long-term adherence to the treatment plan? Find out from this case-based activity with video vignettes.
Medscape Education HIV/AIDS, December 16, 2011
Lipid Treatment Strategies in Patients With HIV: Statin Therapy Case Challenge CME Join Drs. Underberg and Waters as they discuss dyslipidemia in patients with HIV, selection of statin therapy, and drug-drug interactions.
Medscape Education Cardiology, December 14, 2011
Strategies to Increase Engagement in HIV Care CME/CE Testing is only the first step in the HIV care continuum. What strategies can providers apply to ensure linkage to and retention in care? Experts discuss.
Medscape Education HIV/AIDS, December 1, 2011
HIV Screening in 3 Clinical Settings: Gateway to Care CME/CE Dr. Sweeney describes how HIV screening can help to prevent the 50,000 new HIV infections that occur yearly in the United States.
Medscape Education HIV/AIDS, September 13, 2011

Clinical Briefs

Accuracy of Rapid Oral HIV Test Yields Mixed Results CME An HIV test using oral fluid-based specimens has a 2% lower sensitivity but a similar specificity vs HIV tests using blood-based specimens in high-prevalence vs low-prevalence setting.
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, January 31, 2012
More HIV Prevention Talks Needed to Increase Teen Awareness CME
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, January 17, 2012
Antiretroviral Safe in Reducing HIV-1 Transmission via Breast-Feeding CME
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, January 10, 2012
CMS Programs Promoting Healthcare System Change Begin to Show Results CME
Medscape Education Clinical Briefs, December 21, 2011
Headache Common, Often Disabling in HIV/AIDS: Study CME/CE
Reuters Health Information CME, December 2, 2011

Communication Strategies to Strengthen the Patient-Provider Relationship CME/CE How can providers increase routine HIV testing and long-term adherence to the treatment plan? Find out from this case-based activity with video vignettes.
Medscape Education HIV/AIDS, December 16, 2011
Community CME: What Is Your Patient Taking? CME
Medscape Education Family Medicine, October 5, 2011
A 49-Year-Old Man Presents With a Fractured Leg CME
Medscape CME Case Presentations, March 2, 2011

Management of HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy: Applying the Patient's Perspective to Practice CME Understand the morphologic abnormalities that contribute to the stigma and morbidity of this disorder to effectively manage these patients
December 22, 2011
Lipid Treatment Strategies in Patients With HIV: Statin Therapy Case Challenge CME
Medscape Education Cardiology, December 14, 2011
Strategies to Increase Engagement in HIV Care CME/CE
Medscape Education HIV/AIDS, December 1, 2011
Predictors of Late Linkage to Medical Care After a New HIV Diagnosis CME/CE
Medscape Education HIV/AIDS, December 1, 2011
Building Infrastructure to Support Linkage to Care CME/CE
Medscape Education HIV/AIDS, December 1, 2011

Chronic Hepatitis B Infection: Treatment of Special Populations CME How do you treat chronic HBV infection among patients with important comorbidities or in cases of pregnancy or among children? The current review describes the best practice of treatment of chronic HBV infection in special populations.
Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, June 8, 2011